Ring attachment



c. H. WELLS. RING ATTAGHMENT.

Patented Oct. 20,- 1896.

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CHESTER H. WELLS, OF MESHOPPEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

RlNG ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,900, dated October 20, 1896.

Application filed August 19, 1896. Serial No. 603,261. (No model.)

T0 or whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHESTER H. WELLs, of Meshoppen, in the county of Wyoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Ring Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to ring attachments, and the object thereof is to provide a device of improved form for holding the ring in proper position upon the finger and at the same time afiord adequate ventilation beneath the ring, particularly that class of rings provided with enlargements forsettings.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illusti ated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ring provided with myimprovement. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, showing the position of the attachment when not being Worn. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the position of the attachment when the ring is in use.

The attachment consists of a curved band A of spring metal, which is adapted to fit within the ring, and which is formed with clips .B adjacent its respective terminals for holding it in place upon the ring.

The bottom or body portion 0 of the attachment is of less curvature than the ring, so that when not in use it is sprung inward and away from the inner surface of the ring, as shown.

The terminals D of the attachment are sprunginward or toward each other, as shown, so as not to bear upon the inner surface of the ring, and each of these terminals is bulged inward to form a rounding surface, as indicated at E.

The device being formed of spring metal, the tendency of the finger when the ring is placed thereon will be to force body portion G outward against the inner surface of the ring, as shown in Fig. 3, and this pressure upon the.said body portion serves to force extremities D, carrying the rounded surface E, inward and against opposite sides of the finger, which they grasp and serve to hold the ring securely in place. The pressure caused by said extremities is not sufficient to cause the wearer discomfort, but at the same time is sufficient to hold the ring positively in engagement upon the finger and from turning. The attachment serves to hold the ring upon the finger slightly ofif the ring center, or, in other words, with the finger bearing against the lower narrow portion of the ringand attachment, while the space beneath the setting enlargement is open and free circulation is afforded. In fact, unless the ring fits very tightly, the body portion of the attachment will not force down entirely to the ring-surface, and hence ventilation will be afforded between the parts, as will be readily understood.

As the attachment terminals do not engage the ring-surface, no wear is occasioned the ring therefrom, the whole attachment, in fact, being such as to save the ring from wear rather than to increase it. The said terminals may be finished with the rounded projections E, as shown, or in any other manner which will prevent them from scratching the ring-surface and at the same time avoid scratching the finger.

Having thus fully describedmyinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An improved ring attachment comprising a curved band of spring metal adapted to fit within a ring, devices for holdingit in place, the body portion of the band or that part midway its ends being of less curvature than that of the ring whereby when aring provided with the attachment is placed upon the finger the body of attachment will be bowed outward upon the curvature of the ring, the extremities of the attachment being bent normally inward out of engagement with the inner surface of the ring, to engage the finger by the expansion of the body portion of the attachment, substantially as and for the purpose described.

' In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. CHESTER 1' 1. WELLS. \Vitnesses A. O. BULLARD,

MELVILLE WELLS. 

